Thursday, 27 February 2014

Career Week



For the blogspot today:

You are never too young to think about the things you like to do, and to identify your skills and strengths. Do some fun and creative brainstorming in answering the following questions for today's blogspot:


  1. Where do you see yourself in 3 years?
  2. Where do you see yourself in 7 years?
  3. Where do you see yourself in 10 years?
Our hope is that you can start thinking about jobs and careers that might be of interest to you. Once you think about a potential career path, you can start to look at the skills and requirements of that career or job.

In class work-Linkedin
Watch a Linkedin Demo by Mrs. L
If you do not have a Linkedin Account-Set one up today!
Visit Linkedin.com and search on jobs you think sound interesting.

Use this linked doc to answer questions-please download this doc to work on during class.

Use this linked doc to do a skills match-up and reflection regarding desired skills for high-growth jobs

Sunday, 23 February 2014

Feb 24 Revision week

This is the week to revise your documentary. You will have Tuesday and Thursday to make modifications in class. Although we will begin to move on next week, you will have additional time to revise and enhance your work.

For today's response (individual)
List at least 3 things you would like to modify right away with your documentary. Be specific. For example, if you have an interview with low audio, make sure you address low audio, don't say, 'fix audio'. We want to target problems to find solutions, particularly in the audio area.

When finished, get with your group and exchange ideas, review feedback.

To hand in today (group):
Printed list of revisions you would like to make to your project in list, with student assigned to each task or list item. Hand in to Mrs L.

Some of you will be doing hands on editing, After Effects or more. Others might be doing research to help find photos, track down audio solutions, find music, etc.

Finally, for the few people who do not have a specific role/task for the week, you will be assigned a Linkedin career research project to present to the class next week.

Monday, 3 February 2014

Documentary and Gilded Age

This blogspot requires an individual response. At this point, you may have an individual response to the question that may be influential in how your group perceive's the integration of history into documentary. Please provide a response per person and identify the group you are in.

Your documentary should provide a connection/link to the Gilded Age in terms of identification of a reformer, their reform and the condition leading to the reform. Identify these 3 facets of interest and how you intend to integrate them seamlessly in your documentary.

Does providing a connection to history strengthen your premise and essential question? Why/Why not?

Wednesday, 29 January 2014

Thursday-Goals, Tasks, Timelines

Agenda:

Goals/Tasks/Timeline Graphic Worksheet.
Pinpoint concerns
Infographics/After Effects Teams start
Scriptwriters will watch the CELTX tutorial and work on scripts.
Start B-Roll, Sound
Exit Ticket


Monday, 27 January 2014

Week Jan 27th

Tuesday
Teamwork Video-High School Animation - Shanghai, Award Winner
Self Assessment-Contributions to the project
Project Work-what contribution will you make today?


Tuesday, 21 January 2014

Thur Jan 23

Agenda:

Question for blog response:
What is the best way to hook your viewer in your documentary? Would you use emotion or facts? Which (emotion or facts) is more successful at evoking empathy in the viewer?

  • Project To Do List 
  • Skype Interviews
  • Hoop Dreams-Part 1
Emotional Graph


Story Graph

      1. Scripting using CELTX
      2. Hoop Dreams-CELTX sample
      3. Write an introduction and hook for your script, start a CELTX file that will be used to develop your script.
      4. Misc:
        Photo sources-to emulate Ken Burns
        C-Span (transcript search-Trung's good idea)



Friday, 17 January 2014

Week Jan 20th

Agenda:


  • Discussion of preliminary script
  • Interviews
  • Group Worksheet-goals, tasks, accomplishments
  • Rubric-Script detail 
  • Review milestones for project-Scripts due week of 1/27 staggered, based on interview progress
  • Discuss Mrs. Ritchie script review process


Blog Response for Tuesday:

You will write a preliminary script this week, with a final script for submission to Mrs. Ritchie beginning the following week. What do you think are the key components you already know must go in your script. List as many as you can. Work in groups. Submit 1 blog response for your entire group. 

Worksheet
Please download and fill this form out at the beginning and end of class, hand in a printed document at the end of class that outlines your goals, responsibility and achievements for the day.